The ambition of the Alliance Agri Avenir Chair is to contribute to enhancing and perpetuating family entrepreneurship in order to company the evolution of the agricultural and agri-food sectors in their transition to sustainable territories.

At the heart of the subject, 4 questions:

• What is the future of family entrepreneurship in agriculture and agri-food?
• What are the different levers of sustainability ans sustainable growth of this entrepreunarial model in these two sectors?
• What is the place of technological innovation in sustainability and what are the processes that stimulate this innovation?
• What is the role of the local authorities in the sustainability and durability of family entrepreneurship in agriculture and agri-food?

Objectives of the Chair

To identify and study the factors of sustainability and growth of family busines in the agricultural and agri-food sectors in a context where innovation and entrepreneurship promote the making of sustainable territories.

Areas of research

• Transmission and takeover: Rules and law, processes, levers and brakes, intergenerational trust, family framework or not ;
• Innovation and subsidiaries: New agricultural practices, innovative production and marketing models, collaborative innovations, the role of digital technology;
• Organization and territories: Role of organizations, sectors and local authorities, support resources and measures, territorial anchoring.

How is this done?

A multi-actor collaborative space for reflection and creation of knowledge, innovation and dissemination of knowledge, construction of decision support tools and advice for all economic actors in the agricultural and agri-food sectors.

Missions of the Chair

Acquiring Knowledge

Develop action-research and creation activities by projects.

Transfer

To transfer this knowledge to different audiences: networks of professionals, local authorities, students.

Training throughout life

Customized initial and continuing education